West Virginia loses 6 to ejection, still upsets No 15 Duke

The West Virginia girls’s basketball staff pulled off a wild upset in opposition to No. 15 Duke on Friday evening after the chances elevated at halftime.

That is as a result of six Mountaineers have been ejected after a short skirmish, leaving WVU down to 5 gamers for all the second half.

Duke’s Jordan Wooden blocked Jordon Harrison’s 3-pointer to finish the primary half and screamed in her face in celebration.

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West Virginia Mountaineers guard Jordan Harrison through the second half of a girls’s basketball recreation between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Arizona Wildcats on January 25, 2025 on the McKale Heart in Tucson, Arizona. (Christopher Hook/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs)

As the 2 exchanged shoves, the Mountaineers’ bench emptied earlier than the groups have been separated. Leaving the bench is accompanied by an automated ejection.

It took officers quarter-hour to go looking all of the ejections. Of the ejections, 4 have been WVU starters.

Trailing 23-20 at halftime, West Virginia got here out of the break and outscored the Blue Devils 20-6 within the first six minutes of the third.

West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Mark Kellogg watches from the sidelines within the first quarter in opposition to the Kansas State Wildcats at T-Cellular Heart. (Amy Kontras/Imagn Photographs)

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The Blue Devils drew inside 53-49 with 37 seconds left earlier than Sydney Shaw atoned for some late turnovers and made 5 of six foul photographs within the closing 43 seconds to earn the win.

“I am dissatisfied with the tip of the half,” WVU coach Mark Kellogg mentioned. “I feel we’re higher than that – we will study an enormous lesson – however I am so happy with that group of 5.”

West Virginia Mountaineers guard Sydney Shaw drives the ball through the second quarter of a Massive 12 girls’s match quarterfinal between the Kansas State Wildcats and West Virginia Mountaineers on March 7, 2025 on the T-Cellular Heart in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs)

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Duke travels to South Florida on Thursday. West Virginia hosts Appalachian State on Thursday.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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